Yoshirō Mori

His Excellency Yoshiro Mori
森 喜朗
55th Prime Minister of Japan
In office 5 April 2000 – 26 April 2001
Monarch	Akihito
Preceded by	Mikio Aoki (acting)
Succeeded by	Junichiro Koizumi
Minister of Construction
In office 8 August 1995 – 11 January 1996
Prime Minister	Tomiichi Murayama
Preceded by	Koken Nosaka
Succeeded by	Eiichi Nakao
Minister of International Trade and Industry
In office 12 December 1992 – 20 July 1993
Prime Minister	Kiichi Miyazawa
Preceded by	Kozo Watanabe
Succeeded by	Hiroshi Kumagai
Minister of Education
In office 27 December 1983 – 1 November 1984
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded by	Mitsuo Setoyama
Succeeded by	Hikaru Matsunaga
President of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 August 2016
Leader	Thomas Bach
Preceded by	Carlos Arthur Nuzman
Succeeded by	Tony Estanguet
President of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 January 2014
Preceded by	Committee established
Personal details
Born	(1937-07-14) 14 July 1937 (age 89) Nomi, Ishikawa, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Spouse(s)	Chieko Maki
Children	Yūki Mori Yoko Fujimoto
Alma mater	Waseda University
Website	Yoshiro Mori WebSite

Yoshirō Mori (森 喜朗, Mori Yoshirō; born 14 July 1937) is a Japanese politician. He was the 85th and 86th Prime Minister of Japan from 5 April 2000 until 26 April 2001. Mori has been described as having "the heart of a flea and the brain of a shark,". He was not a well liked prime minister. Mori is mainly remembered today for his many gaffes. He is currently President of the Japan Rugby Football Union as well as the Japan-Korea Parliamentarians' Union.

In 2014, he was appointed to be in charge of the organizing committee for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. He resigned in February 2021 after he made some sexist comments at a committee meeting.

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